https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Germany in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed A service designed to deep freeze people after death has already gained its first client in the German capital. But experts warn that there is no current evidence that they can be revived in the future. https://www.thelocal.de/20241115/berlin-startup-will-freeze-your-corpse-for-monthly-fee Fri, 15 Nov 2024 09:33:38 +0100 berlin-startup-will-freeze-your-corpse-for-monthly-fee Germany is the only country in the EU that still allows tobacco companies to advertise their products on billboards and in cinemas. Now, doctors and some politicians pushing to change this. https://www.thelocal.de/20191119/germany-pushes-to-end-smoking-adverti Tue, 19 Nov 2019 15:16:53 +0100 germany-pushes-to-end-smoking-adverti Authorities shut down a pharmacy vending machine opened by Dutch pharmacy chain Doc Morris in a small town in southwestern Germany, saying the video-operated machine was inconsistent with German law. https://www.thelocal.de/20190529/court-to-decide-fate-of-germanys-pharmacy-vending-machines Wed, 29 May 2019 11:42:43 +0200 court-to-decide-fate-of-germanys-pharmacy-vending-machines Germany's paediatricians association Wednesday demanded mandatory childhood vaccinations against measles and a range of other diseases in a debate kicked off by the health minister. https://www.thelocal.de/20190327/german-children-right-to-vaccines Wed, 27 Mar 2019 18:33:56 +0100 german-children-right-to-vaccines Since medical marijuana was legalized in Germany in March last year, an increasing number of patients are being prescribed the drug. But the healthcare industry has been less enthusiastic about the boom and many questions have gone unanswered. https://www.thelocal.de/20180308/one-year-of-medical-marijuana-in-germany Thu, 08 Mar 2018 13:34:59 +0100 one-year-of-medical-marijuana-in-germany More and more people in Germany are applying for prescription cannabis and receiving reimbursements from their health insurance company, according to a media report published on Wednesday. https://www.thelocal.de/20180110/medical-marijuana-in-high-demand-with-over-13000-applications-report Wed, 10 Jan 2018 16:31:50 +0100 medical-marijuana-in-high-demand-with-over-13000-applications-report The highest court in Germany ruled in Karlsruhe on Tuesday that the procedure for allocating study positions in the subject area of human medicine is partially incompatible with the Basic Law. https://www.thelocal.de/20171219/allocation-of-positions-for-medical-students-partly-unconstitutional-high-court-rules Tue, 19 Dec 2017 13:51:47 +0100 allocation-of-positions-for-medical-students-partly-unconstitutional-high-court-rules Hypnosis has long been a kitschy trick performed at mediocre magic shows, but now it's become a regular method practised by thousands of German therapists, dentists and even surgeons. https://www.thelocal.de/20160907/the-german-dentists-using-hypnosis-to-fix-teeth-hypnotize-doctor-medicine Wed, 07 Sep 2016 17:54:09 +0200 the-german-dentists-using-hypnosis-to-fix-teeth-hypnotize-doctor-medicine German and Dutch police are probing the deaths of three cancer sufferers, who had all sought treatment at an alternative clinic in western Germany. https://www.thelocal.de/20160805/three-dead-after-alternative-therapy-used-as-cancer-treatment Fri, 05 Aug 2016 14:24:04 +0200 three-dead-after-alternative-therapy-used-as-cancer-treatment Rural Germany is on the brink on a crisis: By 2020, around 50,000 registered doctors are expected to retire, but one authority says there is still time to do something about it. https://www.thelocal.de/20160705/small-towns-desperately-seeking-doctors Tue, 05 Jul 2016 13:26:25 +0200 small-towns-desperately-seeking-doctors When doctors in Australia admitted defeat in their attempts to cure a young child's brain cancer they said there was only one chance left - a cutting-edge clinic in central Germany. https://www.thelocal.de/20160617/alexia-brain-cancer-tumour-dipg-australia Fri, 17 Jun 2016 17:45:04 +0200 alexia-brain-cancer-tumour-dipg-australia The Ludwig Maximilian University in Munich is investigating an award-winning scientist, after eight children who participated in an experimental study contracted leukaemia. https://www.thelocal.de/20160428/munich-uni-investigates-after-3-children-die-in-clinical-study Thu, 28 Apr 2016 14:33:36 +0200 munich-uni-investigates-after-3-children-die-in-clinical-study A man who fooled a hospital in Hamelin into believing he was a psychotherapist and allowing him to work from their premises has been arrested. Police also found illegal weaponry when they searched his house. https://www.thelocal.de/20150304/fake-shrink-tricks-hospital-for-a-year Wed, 04 Mar 2015 18:36:28 +0100 fake-shrink-tricks-hospital-for-a-year A doctor in Augsburg is alleging that his American patient could still be alive today if police had not taken away his medical marijuana, it was reported on Tuesday. https://www.thelocal.de/20150121/pot-patient-dies-after-police-took-away-his-supply Wed, 21 Jan 2015 10:02:27 +0100 pot-patient-dies-after-police-took-away-his-supply Doctors at the University Clinic in Ulm have discovered a new disease causing obesity while studying an extremely overweight three-year-old. https://www.thelocal.de/20150115/researchers-discover-rare-obesity-mutation-ulm-leptin-hormones-satiety Thu, 15 Jan 2015 11:31:00 +0100 researchers-discover-rare-obesity-mutation-ulm-leptin-hormones-satiety A nurse allegedly murdered three patients in a hospital's intensive care unit using lethal doses of drugs because he was bored, a court heard on Thursday. https://www.thelocal.de/20140912/nurse-on-trial-for-lethal-injection-spree Fri, 12 Sep 2014 10:00:00 +0200 nurse-on-trial-for-lethal-injection-spree German football players, German tennis players, German TV characters and Germany's latest Topmodel winner are all taking on the ice bucket challenge, but is it actually making a difference? https://www.thelocal.de/20140822/ice-bucket-challenge-comes-to-germany Fri, 22 Aug 2014 16:35:00 +0200 ice-bucket-challenge-comes-to-germany Update: Around 600 people were held for several hours in emergency quarantine at a Berlin Job Centre on Tuesday after a West African woman collapsed with Ebola-like symptoms. Doctors later diagnosed Malaria. https://www.thelocal.de/20140819/woman-being-tested-for-ebola-in-berlin Tue, 19 Aug 2014 16:16:00 +0200 woman-being-tested-for-ebola-in-berlin More than 10,700 patients are waiting for a life-saving organ transplant, but with the organisation handling organ donations still plagued by a 2012 scandal, resulting in what could potentially be an all-time low of organ donations. https://www.thelocal.de/20140815/organ-donation-hits-all-time-low Fri, 15 Aug 2014 14:49:00 +0200 organ-donation-hits-all-time-low A man collapsed and died just 50 metres from a hospital in western Germany on Tuesday morning. A passer-by ran into the hospital, but a porter said doctors were not allowed to leave the building to help. https://www.thelocal.de/20140425/man-dies-metres-from-hospital Fri, 25 Apr 2014 12:58:00 +0200 man-dies-metres-from-hospital